Church services relating to Christmas on the North Olympic Peninsula:
PORT TOWNSEND
St. Paul’s events
PORT TOWNSEND — St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1020 Jefferson St., will host several Christmas Eve and Christmas Day events.
On Wednesday at 5 p.m., come for the Family Service with “Las Posadas” procession and celebration. Wear warm clothing.
At 7:30 p.m., a Festive Eucharist takes place, and at 10 p.m., there’s the Carol Sing and Festive Eucharist
On Thursday at 10 a.m., the Holy Eucharist service starts.
On Sunday, Dec. 28, at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Lessons & Carols with Holy Eucharist takes place.
For more information, visit www.stpaulspt.org or phone 360-385-0770.
Other Port Townsend services
The following Port Townsend churches are holding Christmas Eve and Christmas Day special services:
■ First Presbyterian Church of Port Townsend, 1111 Franklin St.: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 7 p.m.
■ Grace Lutheran Church, 1120 Walker St.: Christmas Eve Candlelight Eucharist, 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.; Christmas Day Festival Eucharist, 10:30 a.m.
■ New Life Church, 1636 Hastings Ave.: Christmas Eve Candlelight Communion, 10 p.m.
■ St. Mary Star of the Sea, 1335 Blaine St.: Christmas Eve Masses, 5:30 p.m. (bilingual) and 10 p.m.; Christmas Day Mass, 10 a.m.
QUILCENE
Christmas Eve service
QUILCENE — The First Presbyterian Church, located at 101 and Columbia Avenue, will host a Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m.
CHIMACUM
Christmas Eve service
CHIMACUM — The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, located at 45 Redeemer Way, will hold Christmas Eve candlelight services at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
PORT LUDLOW
Christmas Eve service
PORT LUDLOW — The Port Ludlow Community Church, 9534 Oak Bay Road, will hold a Christmas Eve candlelight service from 5 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
SEQUIM
Candlelighting set
SEQUIM — A Christmas Eve candlelighting service will be held at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Choirs will perform and carols will be sung. There will be a special story for children, who will receive a “treat bag.”
The congregation will light candles and sing “Silent Night” to conclude the service.
For information, phone the church at 683-5367.
Other Sequim services
According to the Sequim Gazette, the following Sequim churches are holding Christmas Eve and Christmas Day special services:
■ Calvary Chapel Sequim, 91 S. Boyce Road: Christmas Eve dinner, 7 p.m.; candlelight service, 9 p.m.
■ Cornerstone Baptist Temple, 44 Joslin Road: Christmas Eve, 7 p.m.
■ Dungeness Community Church, 45 Eberle Lane: Christmas Eve, 6 p.m.
■ Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave.: Christmas Eve family service, 5 p.m.; candlelight service, 7 p.m.; Christmas Day, 10 a.m.
■ Faith Baptist Church, 7652 Old Olympic Highway: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 5 p.m.
■ First Baptist Church of Sequim, 1323 Sequim-Dungeness Way: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 7 p.m.
■ Faith Lutheran Church, 382 W. Cedar St.: Christmas Eve, 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Christmas Day, 10:30 a.m.
■ First Church of Christ, Scientist, 337 W. Spruce St.: Christmas Eve, 7 p.m.
■ King’s Way Foursquare, 1023 Kitchen-Dick Road: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 7 p.m.
■ Olympic Bible Fellowship, (inside Olympic Theatre Arts) 414 N. Sequim Ave.: Christmas Eve, 6 p.m.
■ St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave.: Christmas Eve candlelight service with traditional music, 7 p.m.; Christmas Day, 9 a.m.
■ St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 121 E. Maple St.: Christmas Eve Vigil of Christmas Mass, 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.; Christmas Day Mass, 9 a.m.
■ Sequim Community Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave.: Christmas Eve family friendly service, 5:30 p.m.; candlelight service, 7 p.m.
■ Sequim Worship Center, 640 N. Sequim Ave.: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 5 p.m.
■ Sequim Valley Foursquare, 9090 Old Olympic Highway: Christmas Eve, 7 p.m.
■ Sequim Valley Church of the Nazarene, 481 Carlsborg Road: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 6 p.m.
■ Sequim Bible Church, 847 N. Sequim Ave.: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 6 p.m.
PORT ANGELES
‘Twelve Lights’
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will hold a 7 p.m. service “Twelve Lights of Bethlehem” candlelight service Christmas Eve.
All are welcome to attend.
Other Port Angeles services
The following Port Angeles churches are holding Christmas Eve and Christmas Day special services:
■ Fairview Bible Church, 385 O’Brien Road: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 6:30 p.m.
■ First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St.: Christmas Eve candlelight services, 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.; Communion, 10:30 p.m.
■ First United Methodist Church, 110 E. Seventh St.: Christmas Eve storytelling, 4 p.m.; service of lessons and carols, 7 p.m.
■ Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave.: Christmas Eve family service, 6:30 p.m.; candlelight service with Communion, 8 p.m.; Christmas Day service, 10 a.m.
■ Independent Bible Church, 116 E. Ahlvers Road: Christmas Eve family celebration, 6 p.m.; candlelight/Communion service, 10:30 p.m.
■ Queen of Angeles Catholic Parish, 209 W. 11th St.: Christmas Eve Mass, 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.; Christmas Day Mass, 9 a.m.
■ St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 510 E. Park Ave.: Christmas Eve Holy Eucharist, 6 p.m.; Christmas music, 8:30 p.m.; candlelight service, 9 p.m.; Christmas Day service, 10 a.m.
■ St. Matthew Lutheran Church, 132 E. 13th St.: Christmas Eve candlelight service, 7 p.m.; Christmas Day Diving Service of Holy Communion, 10 a.m.
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Christmas Masses
A Christmas Eve Mass will take place at St. Thomas the Apostle, 52 Pioneer St., Clallam Bay, at 5 p.m.
At St. Anne’s Church, 511 Fifth Ave., Forks, the Misa en Español (Mass in Spanish) starts at 7:30 p.m.; Christmas carols will begin at 10 p.m., followed by Mass at 10:30 p.m. Christmas Day Mass is at 9 a.m.
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NOTE: Some churches do not have listings; several church representatives have said they are not hosting Christmas Eve or Christmas Day services, while others are holding regular services Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 27 and 28.
For more information about a church not listed, please phone it personally.
